2010 England Senior Outdoor Athletics Championships

Gateshead International Stadium

Sunday 18th July 2010 – Day 2

SARAH McGreavy continued her fine return to competition winning a silver medal over the women’s 100m hurdles at the England Senior Outdoor Athletics Championships.

The 27-year-old Loughborough University graduate who represented Team GB at the 2006 Gothenburg European Championships clocked a time of 13.68secs (-1.4m/s) to finish runner-up to BUCS champion Zara Hohn (Wakefield & District) who claimed gold in 13.57 with Ashley Helsby (Liverpool Harriers) third in 13.87.

Report by Mark Woolley.

Full results are available on the following link: www.athletics-uk.net/england/gateshead/T30_Women's_100mH.pdf

2010 England Senior Outdoor Athletics Championships

Gateshead International Stadium

Sunday 18th July 2010 – Day 2

MAX Eaves secured a podium place finishing runner-up to Luke Cutts in the men’s pole vault competition at the England Senior Outdoor Athletics Championships.

England U23 bronze medallist Eaves, the 22-year-old Loughborough University student coached by Alan Richardson produced a best of 5.30m as Luke Cutts (Dearnside), who won the England U23 title in Bedford, claimed senior gold with a vault of 5.40m.

Nick Cruchley (Halesowen) completed the medal places securing bronze with 4.95m.

Report by Mark Woolley.

Full results are available on the following link: www.athletics-uk.net/england/gateshead/F10_Men's_Pole_Vault.pdf

2010 England Athletics Senior Outdoor Championships

Gateshead International Stadium

Saturday 17th July 2010 – Day 1

STEVIE Stockton won the women’s 1500m title on the opening day of competition at the 2010 England Athletics Senior Outdoor Championships in Gateshead.

On the track of the Diamond League venue, Stockton (Vale Royal), the 20-year-old Loughborough University student coached by George Gandy clocked a time of 4mins 20.93secs to claim victory ahead of Gemma Turtle (Gloucester), second in 4:21.68, with fellow African Violet Emily Pidgeon (Stroud) completing the podium places third in 4:22.68.

Report by Mark Woolley.

Full results are available on the following link: www.athletics-uk.net/england/gateshead/T04_Women's_1500m.pdf

2010 England Athletics Senior Outdoor Championships

Gateshead International Stadium

Saturday 17th July 2010 – Day 1

RYAN McLeod secured a podium place with a bronze medal over 5,000m on the first day of competition at the England Senior Outdoor Athletics Championships.

On the track of the Gateshead International Stadium the 25-year-old Loughborough University graduate representing Tipton Harriers replicated his performance at the UK Championships in Birmingham last month by securing bronze with a time of 14mins 09.36secs as Mark Draper (Bedford & County), winner over the distance at the recent Nike BMC Grand Prix meeting in Solihull claimed victory in 14:06.51 ahead of club mate Neilson Hall (Bedford & County), runner-up in 14:07.35.

British triathlete Adam Hickey (Southend AC), based at Loughborough University clocked 14:32.19 to finish 7th.

Report by Mark Woolley.

Full results are available on the following link: www.athletics-uk.net/england/gateshead/T11_Men's_5000m.pdf

2010 England Athletics Senior Outdoor Championships

Gateshead International Stadium

Saturday 17th July 2010 – Day 1

ROBBIE Grabarz defeated fellow Loughborough graduate Samson Oni on countback in the men’s high jump final to win the England Senior Outdoor Athletics Championships title in Gateshead.

Grabarz (Newham & Essex Beagles), winner of the recent Glasgow Super8 meeting coached by Fayyaz Ahmed won with a height of 2.23 metres with Doha World Indoor Championships finalist representative Oni (Belgrave) second on countback and Adam Scarr (Enfield & Haringey) completing the podium places with a best of 2.14m.

Report by Mark Woolley.

Full results are available on the following link: www.athletics-uk.net/england/gateshead/gateshead_seniors_day1.pdf

Thursday 15th July 2010

LUKE Cutts and Sally Peake were the individual winners of the Loughborough invitational open pole vault meeting held at the Paula Radcliffe Track on Sunday (11th July).

Inter Counties champion Cutts (Dearnside) produced a best of 5.30m in the final round to defeat UK championship silver medallist Max Eaves (NEB) by a margin of 10 centimetres with the BUCS title-holder Paul Walker (Sale) third on countback also on 5.20m.

In the women’s competition Welsh championship silver medallist Sally Peake (Liverpool) completed victory with a vault of 4.10m ahead of Katie Byres (Sale) and Emma Lyons (Sale) tied on 4.00m.
Full Results:
Men
1 Luke Cutts (Dearnside) 5.30m
2 Max Eaves (NEB) 5.20m
3 Paul Walker (Sale) 5.20m
4 Alasdair Strange (Woodford Green Essex Ladies) 5.05m
5 Scott Huggins (Blackheath & Bromley) 5.05m
6 Richard Hurren (NEB) 4.90m
7 Ned Quiney (Croydon) 4.90m
8 Rhys Searles (Enfield & Haringey) 4.90m
Women
1 Sally Peake (Liverpool) 4.10m
2 Katie Byres (Sale) 4.00m
3 Emma Lyons (Sale) 4.00m
4 Jessica Abraham (Cardiff) 3.85m
5 Louise Butterworth (Birchfield) 3.85m
6 Maria Seager (Woodford Green Essex Ladies) 3.85m
7 Abi Haywood (Sale) 3.70m

Wednesday 14th July 2010

DOUBLE indoor European gold medallist David Gillick heads the 30-strong Ireland team for the 20th SPAR European Athletics Championships in Barcelona that takes place between 26th July to 1st August.

Gillick will run the individual 400m and the 4x400m relay, and will be joined by fellow Nick Dakin coached sprinters at Loughborough Justine Kinney, fresh from her national title success last weekend, and Beijing Olympian Michelle Carey who will both compete in the individual 400m hurdles and 4x400m relay.

“We are delighted with the initial team selection for Barcelona. We targeted improvements from Gothenburg two-years ago and this now seems to be coming to fruition. This strength of athletics in Ireland was clearly evident at this year’s European Team Championships in Budapest where we dominated on the track and maintained our First League status,

“All the signs look positive as the clock ticks down towards London 2012. A major bonus this year is the inclusion of three-relay teams. This clearly indicates that our sprinters are prepared to step and make their presence felt,” said Irish team manager Patsy McGonagle.

Wednesday 14th July 2010

RYAN McLeod set a season’s best over 1500m to win the latest round of the Nike BMC Gold Races in a rain affected Grand Prix meeting in Stretford, Manchester.

The 25-year-old Loughborough-based Tipton Harrier, bronze medallist over 5,000m at the recent UK Championships and having raced over 5k in Heusden, Belgium, at the weekend dropped down in distance to claim victory in a time of 3mins 46.99secs in his first competitive 1500m outing of the season finishing ahead of James Wilkinson (Leeds City) 3:47.36 and Scotland’s Ross Toole (Kibarchan ACC) 3:47.78.
Full Results:
BMC 800M MENS RACE A
1 01:50.26 Chris Harvey U23M Canncok & Staffs AC
2 01:50.76 Warren Frey SM Birchfield Harriers & AC
3 01:51.09 David Forrester U23M Sutton AC
4 01:52.67 Richard Morrell SM New Marske Harriers & AC
5 01:53.70 Adam Morrell U20M Middlesbrough AC (Mandale)
6 01:54.31 Daniel Cheeseman U20M City of York AC
7 01:54.84 James Russell U23M Liverpool Harriers & AC
BMC 800 MEN'S RACE B
1 01:54.02 Sam Dykes U17M Warrington AC
2 01:54.43 Samuel Hutchinson U20M Trafford AC
3 01:54.61 James Tartt SM Southport Waterloo AC
4 01:55.01 Myles Edwards U23M Aberdeen AAC
5 01:55.77 Ben Martin U23M Trafford AC
6 01:56.48 Sam Bagnall U20M Wakefield District Harriers & AC
7 01:59.36 Will Fielding U20M Preston Harriers
MENS 1500m RACE A
1 3:46.99 Ryan McLeod SM Tipton Harriers/LSAC
2 3:47.36 James Wilkinson U23M Leeds City AC
3 3:47.78 Ross Toole SM Kilbarchan AAC
4 3:48.39 Matt Bowser SM Lincoln Wellington AC
5 3:49.04 James Boxell SM Barnsley AC
6 3:50.09 Matthew Jackson U20M Warrington AC
7 3:52.33 Rob Jackson U23M Spenborough & District AC
8 3:54.94 Michael Cooke U20M Stockport Harriers & AC
9 3:55.65 Matt Willmott U23M Marshall Milton Keynes AC
MENS 1500m RACE B
1 3:54.56 Matt Clowes U23M Staffordshire Moorlands AC
2 3:57.45 Tom Phillips U23M Derby AC
3 3:57.61 Tom Smith U20M Kingston upon Hull AC
4 3:57.87 James Mee U23M Mansfield Harriers & AC
5 3:58.42 Jack Scarr U20M Blackpool, Wyre & Fylde AC
6 3:59.28 Tom Straw U20M Lincoln Wellington AC
7 3:59.71 Aaron Scott SM Lincoln Wellington AC
8 4:00.50 Joe Gratton U20M Hallamshire Harriers Sheffield
9 4:03.83 Kyle Fowler U20M Staffordshire Moorlands AC
10 4:04.78 Kristian Bibby U20M Preston Harriers
11 4:07.63 Jaimie Roden U20M Sale Harriers Manchester
12 4:11.75 Mark Shaw U17M New Marske Harriers & AC

Sunday 11th July 2010

JUSTINE Kinney secured the Irish national 400m hurdles title at the 2010 Woodies DIY Track & Field Championships staged at Santry Stadium.

The 22-year-old Loughborough University student outpaced compatriot Bronagh Furlong to take victory in a time of 57.78secs narrowly outside of her personal best of 57.13 set at the UK Women's League Premier fixture in Birmingham last month.

Loughborough graduate and Beijing Olympian Michelle Carey opted for the 400m flat rather than the one-lap hurdles to claim bronze in 53.73secs as Joanne Cuddihy claimed victory in 52.76.

Double European indoor champion David Gillick played down any injury worry ahead of the upcoming SPAR European Championships in Barcelona after pulling out of the competition with a slight foot problem after finishing second in a 100m heat.

Gillick had dropped down in distance after consolidating his ranking as second-fastest 400m man in Europe this season with another sub-45 second run (44.95) in Spain on Friday night.

"It's just a little niggle on the arch of my foot," Gillick said. "I raced well on it in Friday night but it was a little bit sore when I was warming up and I need to nip it in the bud now because it's only two weeks to Barcelona."

Full results are available on the following link: www.athleticsireland.ie/content/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/senior-quick.pdf

Friday 9th July 2010

IRELAND’s David Gillick set the second fastest time in Europe this season with victory over 400m at the Internacional D’Atletisme Ciutat de Barcelona.

On the track of Barcelona’s 1992 Olympic Stadium, venue for the SPAR European Championships later this month, Loughborough-based Gillick clocked a time of 44.95secs to improve on his 44.98 set at the Resisport meeting in the La Chaux-De-Fonds, Switzerland the previous week. William Collazo of Cuba was second in 45.12 with Great Britain’s Andrew Steele sixth in 46.28.

“It was a fantastic race and a great gift for my birthday,” said Gillick, who also turned 27 on Friday.

“It was a tough race and had to fight until the very end and I was just telling myself ‘stay relaxed’. It was also a great opportunity to get to know all the facilities ahead of the Europeans, where it’s going to be a great competition,” added the Dubliner, who is a two-time former European Athletics Indoor Championships 400m gold medallist.

Former World Youth Games champion Chris Clarke won the 400m ‘B’ race in 46.53secs.

United Kingdom champion Dwain Chambers won the men’s 100m in a meeting record time of 10.14secs into a -0.9m to defeat Jamaican Dexter Lee (10.16) with the American duo of Michael Rodgers (10.23) and Rae Edwards (10.260 third and fourth respectively.

In the Under-23 middle-distance races Paul Bradshaw won men's 800m in 1:48.62 as Alison Leonard finished runner-up in the women's 800m in 2:02.90 in the race won by Kenya’s Eunice Sum in 2:02.26.

Full results are available on the following link: www.resultados.rfea.es/2010/airelibre/meeting_barcelona/ATS158A_ATXXXXXXXXXXXXCAT_date=2010-07-09.htm

Thursday 8th July 2010

UNITED Kingdom champion and world finalist Will Sharman finished runner-up to American Joel Brown over the 110m hurdles at the 26th edition of the Verdinoyiannia meeting, a European Athletics Premium Meeting, in the Greek town of Rethymno.

Brown clocked 13.37secs to Sharman’s 13.47. Gloria Asumnu of the US claimed a narrow victory over Mikele Barber in the women’s 100m, 11.28secs to 11.32 as Great Britain’s champion Laura Turner was third in 11.33.

Loughborough student Nathan Woodward finished in fifth place in the men’s 400m hurdles with a time of 50.47secs as local hero and current European champion Periklis Iakovakis of Greece had to settle for third place in the race won by the USA’s Justin Gaymon in 49.01 ahead of compatriot LaRon Bennett (49.72).

Full results are available on the following link: www.ear-athletics.com/en/news/detail.php?id=134

Monday 5th July 2010

BRITISH athletes travelled throughout mainland Europe over a busy international weekend chasing form, fitness and qualifying times. Here's a round-up of the Loughborough students in action.
17th Bauhaus Junior Gala, Mannheim, Germany (3rd-4th July)

The Aviva Great Britain junior team competed over the two-day event in Mannheim where current Loughborough student and England Under-20 champion Matthew Devereux finished fourth in a new lifetime best of 5.25m in the competition won by guest athlete Steve Lewis with a season’s best height of 5.50m.

BUCS champion Niall Flannery finished runner-up in round 2 of the 400m hurdles in a time of 52.25secs.
Résisprint International, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland (4th July)

Leon Baptsite won round 2 of the men’s 200m with a time of 20.69secs (1.4) this having clocked 10.33 (2.1) to secure fourth over 100m.

Loughborough College student and former World Youth Games champion Chris Clarke finished sixth in the 400m with a mark of 46.50secs.

Alumni Rhys Williams won the men’s 400m hurdles in a time of 49.53secs ahead of Nathan Woodward (49.77), both inside the European Championships ‘B’ qualifying standard with David Hughes securing third (49.87) and Richard Davenport fourth (50.19). 



Laura Turner and Welsh champion Elaine O’Neill replicated their finishing positions at the UK Championships the previous week in Birmingham to take first and third places in the women’s 100m with times of 11.11secs and 11.39 respectively, both setting new personal bests. O’Neill inside the European ‘B’ standard.

Inter-Counties champion Hayley Jones having finished 8th in the 100m (11.63) won the 200m with a new lifetime best of 23.33secs.

Vicki Barr secured second place and a new personal best of 52.40secs over 400m inside the European ‘B’ standard as double European indoor champion Nicola Sanders finished fourth in 52.78. Ireland’s Justine Kinney won the women’s 400m hurdles in 57.78secs.
Flanders Cup International, Oordegem, Belgium (3rd July)

Richard Buck finished in second place in round 2 of the 400m with a time of 46.36secs.
Keien Meeting, Uden, Netherlands (3rd July)

Robbie Grabarz won the men’s high jump competition with a height of 2.25m as the reigning UK indoor champion Kim Wall claimed victory in round 2 of the women’s 400m with a season’s best time of 52.95secs.
Meeting National à Thème Quatrache de Tarare, Tarare, France (3rd July)

Beijing Olympian, Ireland’s Michelle Carey, finished third over the 400m hurdles as the Loughborough Alumni clocked a time of 58.23secs.
9th European Mountain Running Championships, Sapareva Banya, Bulgaria (4th July)

Loughborough student Hannah Bateson on her international debut for Great Britain finished 13th overall in the junior women’s event with a time of 20mins 32secs in the race won by Romania’s Denisa Ionela Dragomir (18:28).

http://sdc.lboro.ac.uk/shownews.php?news_id=1191&cat_id=16&level=1

Tuesday 6th July 2010

ENGLAND Athletics have announced the teams who will compete at the England Athletics 5km Championships as representatives in the match that features the Home Countries International and Commonwealth Select team.

This event will take place on Sunday 11th July in Blackburn features current Loughborough student Kirsty Milner in the women's U23 team and Alumni Ruth Senior, the 2009 BUCS 3,000m steeplechase champion who now represents the University of New Mexico Lobos on the NCAA circuit in the USA, in the women's senior team.

Loughborough student Sian Edwards from Kettering Harriers will line-up in the Welsh U23 team.
Full Team England squads: 

Senior Men

Matthew Barnes (Altringham), coach: Norman Poole, PB: 14.43 

Mark Buckingham (Holmfirth), PB: 14.26 

Senior Women
Justina Heslop (Clapham Chasers), coach: Frank Horwil, PB: 16.06 

Ruth Senior (City Of Norwich/University of New Mexico) coach: Tim Ash, PB: 17.05


Men Under-23:
Matt Clowes (Staffs Moorlands) coach: Bashir Husain 

Craig Gundersen (Liverpool Harriers), PB: 14.13

Women Under-23
Hollie Rowlands (City of Norwich), PB: 17.26
Kirsty Milner (Trafford/Loughborough Students), PB: 16.26

Friday 2nd July 2010

BRITISH record-holder Goldie Sayers has been forced to miss the SPAR European Athletics Championships that take place in Barcelona later this month due to a hip injury.

Loughborough University graduate Sayers won a record eighth consecutive javelin title at last weekend's Aviva United Kingdom Championships in Birmingham but injured her hip with her second throw of the competition.

"I am absolutely gutted to be missing Barcelona. It was a completely freak injury that I sustained in my second throw in Birmingham," said Sayers, who will now focus her training on the Commonwealth Games that take place in Delhi in October.

"Training had been going so well until this point and I really thought I could challenge for a medal at the Europeans.

"However, I can't dwell on what has happened, instead I will continue training and working whilst I'm in rehab with the aim of coming back for the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in October."

Thursday 1st July 2010

WORLD junior bronze medallist Meghan Beesley just three days after winning silver at the UK Championships in Birmingham lowered her lifetime best over the 400m hurdles clocking a time of 56.65secs to finish behind Olympic bronze medallist Tasha Danvers at the Meeting Alma Athlé Tour de Reims on Wednesday (30th June).

The 20-year-old Loughborough University student finished in fifth place in the race won Nigeria’s Ajoke Odumosu in 55.30secs as Danvers making her season debut securing fourth in 56.44.

World champion and Olympic silver medallist Phillips Idowu having retained his national title had to settle for second place in the triple jump as the 31-year-old looked slightly under-par in the competition won by Cuban Alexis Copello with a leap of 17.24m ahead of Idowu’s 17.14m.

Loughborough graduate Samson Oni, the reigning UK indoor champion, finished sixth in the high jump with a height of 2.18m as Russia’s Mikhail Tsvetkov won the competition with a best of 2.27m.

Full results are available on the following link: http://lna.athle.com/asp.net/espaces.news/news.aspx?id=74225

Wednesday 30th June 2010

UK Athletics have announced the Aviva Great Britain & Northern Ireland junior team to compete at the 17th Bauhaus Junioren Gala in Mannheim, Germany, on 3rd-4th July 2010.

The men’s team features Loughborough University students Niall Flannery, the reigning BUCS 400m hurdles champion coached by Nick Dakin and the England Under-20 champion pole-vaulter Matt Devereux coached by Steve Rippon.

England Under-20 and BUCS champion Sally Scott also coached by Steve Rippon at Loughborough will compete in the women’s pole vault, whilst, fellow student Emily Diamond, the England U20 silver medallist coached by Jared Deacon will line-up in the 200m and the 4x100m relay.

Kevin Tyler, UKA Strategic Head of Coaching and Development and World Juniors Team Leader said: “We’ve selected a strong team for Mannheim given its importance in offering strong international competition ahead of the IAAF World Junior Championships this summer.”

“A number of those selected were named in our first wave of selections for World Juniors and we believe that this provides an excellent opportunity for them to demonstrate their medal potential. However, Mannheim also offers a small number of our athletes the chance to achieve World Junior qualifying standards prior to our final selection date on Monday 5th July.”
Full Aviva Great Britain & NI Teams:
(Athletes individual coaches in brackets)
Men
100m: Deji Tobais (Simon Duberley) – Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow; 200m: Kieran Showler-Davis (John Davis) – Basingstoke & Mid Hants; Danny Talbot (Dan Cossins) - Birchfield; 400m: Nathan Wake (Ayo Falola) - Herts Phoenix; 110mH: Jack Meredith (Donald Moss) - Liverpool; 400mH: Jack Green (June Plews) – Kent; Niall Flannery (Nick Dakin) - Gateshead; Pole Vault: Andrew Sutcliffe (Julien Raffalli-Ebezant) - Sale Harriers Manchester; Matt Devereux (Steve Rippon) - Newham & Essex Beagles; Long Jump: Kadeem Greenidge-Smith (Ian Roberts) - Harrow; Jermain Olason (Jonas Dodoo) - Blackheath & Bromley; Shot Putt: Anthony Oshodi (Ron Bowden) - Woodford Green with Essex Ladies; Discus: Lawrence Okoye (John Hillier) – Croydon; Zane Duquemin (John Hillier) - Jersey; Javelin: Daniel Pembroke (Kevin Pembroke) – WSEH; 4 x 100m Relay: Tobais; Showler-Davis; Talbot; Jordan Huggins (Mike McFarlane) - Enfield & Haringey; Junior Ejehu (Ayo Falola) - WGEL; Liam Clowes (Steve Walker) – Crewe & Nantwich
Women
100m: Jodie Williams (Mike McFarlane) – Herts Phoenix; 200m: Emily Diamond (Jared Deacon) - Bristol & West; Ashlee Nelson (Michael Afilaka) - City of Stoke; 100mH: Rebecca Liddell (Kirk Barclay) - Gateshead; High Jump: Isobel Pooley (George Male) – Aldershot, Farnham & District; Pole Vault: Holly Bleasdale (Julien Raffalli-Ebezant) - Blackburn; Sally Scott (Steve Rippon) – Gateshead; Long Jump: Lorraine Ugen (Frank Attoh) - Blackheath & Bromley; Hammer: Sophie Hitchon (Derek Evely) – Blackburn; Myra Perkins (Alan Bertram) – Falkirk Victoria Harriers; 4 x 100m Relay: Williams; Nelson; Diamond; Marylyn Nwawulor (coach: Harry King/Carol Jackson) - Harrow; Jennie Batten (Roger Walters) - Stroud; Rebekah Wilson (Morris Condon) – Sale Harriers Manchester

The official event web-site is available on the following link: http://2010.juniorengala.de/pages/en/home.php?lang=EN

19th-20th June 2010

LOUGHBOROUGH student Sally Scott turned the tables on her closest rival Holly Bleasdale to win pole vault gold on the opening day of competition at the Aviva England Under 20 & Under 23 Championships & World Trials as Eden Francis (discus), Laura Samuel (triple jump), Chris Scott (shot) and Adele Lassu (high jump) secured fine individual titles in the blustery conditions of the Bedford International Stadium.

Sally Scott (Gateshead) just a week after losing her British Under-20 record to her main rival Holly Bleasdale (Blackburn) at the Northern Athletics Senior & Under-20 Championships with a height of 4.27m the Loughborough University student bounced back to gain revenge and win the England title.

Despite the windy conditions the 20-year-old reigning British Universities champion coached at Loughborough by Australian Steve Rippon, secured victory with a clearance of 4.20m to take victory head of Bleasdale (4.10) improving on her own championship record of 4.10m set at the same venue twelve months ago.

European Under-23 champion Eden Francis (Birchfield) was a class apart in the women’s discus final winning the gold and successfully defending her title with a championship record throw of 58.99m, surpassing Dani Samuels mark of 58.26m set in 2008, securing victory by a margin of over ten metres ahead of Shaunagh Brown (Blackheath) 48.09.

Loughborough College student Laura Samuel (Birchfield), currently top of the UK rankings, won the women’s Under-20 triple jump gold with a final round effort of 12.71m (+2.1) to take victory clear of Naomi Reid (Derby) 12.21 (+3.5).

Chris Scott (Shaftesbury Barnet) improved on his second place at last months CAU Inter Counties Championships to win the men’s Under-23 discus title with a championship record and lifetime best of 59.90m, whilst, Adele Lassu (Sale Harriers) won gold in the women’s Under-23 high jump competition with a leap of 1.78m.

BUCS bronze medallist Robert Mohan (Nene Valley Harriers) went one better at the same Bedford venue to take silver in the Under-20 shot final with a best of 17.26m as Anthony Oshodi (Woodford Green & Essex L) won the title with 17.39.

Mica Nottingham (Liverpool Harriers) claimed 200m bronze in the Under-20 final clocking 23.53secs in the race won by Jodie Williams (Herts Phoenix) 23.15.

Laura Wake (Herts Phoenix) also gained a podium place finishing third in the 400m Under-20 final in 55.31secs as Katherine Snowden (Herne Hill Harriers) prevailed in 54.59.

In the Under-23 men’s 400m hurdles final Tom Burton (Tamworth) claimed silver with a time of 51.58secs as Andrew Howell (Harrow) won the title in 51.44.

BUCS champion Niall Flannery (Gateshead) also had to settle for silver in the Under-20 final 400m hurdles final clocking 51.75secs as Jack Green (Kent AC) won in 51.54.

In the middle-distance races Claire Tarplee (Solihull) with a time of 4:29.59 finished runner-up to Stacey Smith (Gateshead) 4:29.26 as fellow African Violet Abbey McGhee (Victoria Park City Glasgow) claimed the bronze in 4:32.47.

Peter Street (Preston Harriers) gained silver in the men’s Under-23 5,000m final clocking 14:51.53 in the race won by Craig Gundersen (Liverpool Harriers) 14:50.33.

‘On Camp with Kelly’ athlete Rachel Stringer (City of Norwich) secured a bronze medal in the Under-23 women’s 800m final clocking a time of 2:09.29 as Lucy Yates (Shaftesbury Barnet) won the title in 2:07.82.

Sophie Thomas (Birchfield) launched the javelin out to 42.38m to take Under-23 silver behind winner Samantha Cullinane (Rugby) 45.55.

Max Eaves (Newham & Essex Beagles) had to settle for bronze having finished equal third in the Under-23 pole vault final on a height of 5.05m tied with Scott Huggins (Blackheath & Bromley Harriers AC) as Luke Cutts (Dearneside High AC) won the title with a best of 5.25.

Report by Mark Woolley.

Full results are available on the following link: www.athletics-uk.net/engLAND/results/bedford_u23.htm

Photo by Matthew Impey.

Thursday 17th June 2010

WORLD silver medallist made a low-key season debut over 1500m at the Nike BMC Trafford Grand Prix meeting in Stretford on Tuesday evening (15th June) winning a mixed-race following her decision not to compete over the distance at last Saturday’s IAAF Diamond League meeting in New York.

In only her second race of the season having been troubled by a niggle in her Achilles the 26-year-old Loughborough-based athlete clocked a time of 4mins 14.11secs, followed home by fellow George Gandy coached athlete Laura Kenney (4:25.36).

On her outdoor season debut last month Dobriskey finished fourth over 3,000m in the traditional curtain raiser to the UK domestic season at the McCain Loughborough International clocking 9:12.42 in the race won by Fay Fullerton (9:12.42).

In heat 3 of the mixed 800m Loughborough College student Charlotte Best, part of the ‘On Camp with Kelly’ programme also made her outdoor season debut over 800m with a time of 2:06.12.

In the men’s 3,000m Paul Miles (Leicester OWLS) set a fine lifetime best to take victory in 8:11.46 ahead of Sale Harrier Anthony Ford (8:22.00), the fifth place finisher for Great Britain in the ‘B’ race at the recent Marseille European Cup 10,000m.

Report by Mark Woolley.

Full results are available on the following link: http://traffordac.dynalias.com/tac/pdfs/20100615_Open_Meet.pdf

Tuesday 15th June 2010

ABBEY McGhee collected silver and bronze medals over the 1500m and 800m at the Scottish U23/U20 Championships held at the Grangemouth Stadium (13th June).

The 20-year-old Loughborough University student representing the Victoria Park Glasgow club, the reigning Under-20 1500m and 800m Scottish champion - this year moving up in age-group, finished runner-up to club mate Josephine Moultrie in a combined U23/U20 1500m race clocking 4:21.84 to 4:22.20 with Laura Dunn (Edinburgh AC) third in 4:24.84.

In the earlier U23 800m race Moultrie claimed victory with a new personal best of 2:09.04 with McGhee securing a podium place, third in 2:11.25.

Sunday 13th June 2010

ELAINE O’Neill successfully defended her 100m title at the 2010 Welsh Track & Field Championships staged at the Cardiff International Stadium that incorporated the Commonwealth trials.

The 20-year-old Loughborough University student heads to Bergen, Norway, next weekend as part of the Great Britain 4x100m relay squad at the European Team Championships and the Woodford Green & Essex athlete warmed-up by completing victory in Cardiff with a time of 11.91secs.

O’Neill commented: “I was really looking forward to this event and it was great to get the gold, that’s what I wanted.

“I didn’t get the best of starts but came through strongly, so I was pleased with it.

“I’m looking forward to the European Team Championships and this was good for me to do to get ready.”

Championship record-holder Rhys Williams defended his 400m hurdles title taking victory in 49.89secs, whilst, Anwen Rees finished fourth in the women’s final (65.20).

In the men’s 10,000m final Alex Hains claimed a podium place finishing third in a time of 31:16.7 in the race won by Matt Janes (30:32.71).

British Universities champion Paul Walker had to settle for fifth place in the pole vault final with a best of 4.70m as Scott Simpson, runner-up to Walker at the BUCS, claimed the gold with a height of 5.10m on count back from Ben Gregory.

Dan Greaves finished third in the discus final, the paralympic world record-holder threw a best of 55.99m as Brett Morse won the competition to retain his title with mark of 60.92m.

Full results are available on the following link: www.welshathletics.org/media/82572/welsh%20championships%20&%20cwg%20trials%2012th%20-%2013th%20june%202010%20-%20sen_u15_u13%20-%20full%20results.pdf